The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N3

978 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 14

Meaning: evening, twilight, season's end, livelihood, make a living, spend time

Kunyomi: く.れるく.らす

Onyomi: ボ

Composition: 莫日

暮

Radical

Radical: 日

Reading: ひ

Meaning: sun, day

Strokes: 4

日

Examples

Examples with audio

暮色（ぼしょく） dusk, evening shades

薄暮（はくぼ） nightfall

歳暮（せいぼ） end of the year, year-end gift

野暮（やぼ） uncouthness

暮らす（くらす） live [v.i.]

暮れる（くれる） end, get dark

夕暮れ（ゆうぐれ） evening twilight

Onyomi Examples

暮雨（ボウ） evening rain

暮雲（ボウン） twilight clouds

歳暮（セイボ） year-end gift, end of the year, year end

朝々暮々（チョウチョウボボ） every morning and evening

Kunyomi Examples

暮れる（くれる） to get dark, to grow dark, to end (of a day, year, season, etc.), to come to an end, to close, to be sunk in (e.g. despair), to be lost in (e.g. thought), to be overcome with

暮らす（くらす） to live, to get along, to spend (time)